Sand-box for cars



No. e2|,s|5. Patented Mar. 28,1899.

A. w. HAM.

SAND BOX FUR CARS.

(Application filed July 20, 1898. Renewed Feb. 24, 1899.) (No Model.) 2 SheetsSheet l.

Patented Mar. 28, I899. A. W. HAM.

SAND BOX FOR CABS.

(Application filed July 20, 1898. Renewed Feb. 24, 1899.)

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FFICEo PATENT ALBERT w. HAM, OF 'LANsmeBURe, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE TROJAN BUTTON FASTENER COMPANY, INCORPORATED, OF TROY, NEW YORK.

SAND-BOX FOR CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 621,815, dated March 28, 1899. Application filed July 20, 1898. Renewed February 24, 1899. Serial No. 706,744. (No model.)

ments upon the device of this class which is shown and described in Letters Patent No. 590,220, granted to me September 21, 1897.

In the older Letters Patent before named a device was described and illustrated in which sand by the operation of a paddle was caused to pass from over-the edge of the receptacle or hopper in which contained to enter a distributing-chamber to fall by gravity through a spout or chute opening from the bottom of the chamber to be deposited upon the rails, with the paddle operated by a reciprocatingly-actuated shaft. In the apparatus .herein shown the sand is caused to pass from the hopper into a distributing-chamber connecting with the hopper and over a partition in the distributing-chamber to enter and descend through a spout or chute connecting with the bottom of the latter to the rails, with the sand thus operated by a paddle having a vertical face which engages with the sand in the hopper when the paddle is moved horizontally and forces it into the distributing-chamber and over the partition in the latter into the spout or chute.

Accompanying this specification to form a part of it there are two plates of drawings containing four figures, illustrating the application of my invention, with the same designation of parts by letter reference used in all of them.

Of the illustrations, Figure 1 is a perspective of the'apparatus, the latter being shown as detached from the car, with the spout or chute shown as broken off at its lower end and with the mechanism by which the pivoted lever operating the paddle or carrier is actuated omitted. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of;

illustrated at Fig. 3, with the paddle or carrier shown as moved outwardly toward the partition in the distributing-chamber, so as to force sand from the hopper over the top of the partition.

The several parts of the apparatus thus illustrated are designated by letter refe rence, and the function of the parts is described as follows:

. The letters H designate the hopper, having the vertical sides 71?, each provided with the upwardly and outwardly flaring side extensions h and having the flat bottom 71,.

The letter D designates the sand-distribut ing chamber arranged at the side of the hopper and arranged to connect with the latter by the opening 0, said chamber being provided with the vertical sides 61 the cross-paw tition 01 with the latter having less vertical depth than the sides C1 and with the bottom of the distribu ting-chamber D, (designated at 61 where beneath the partition d horizontally in line with the hopper -bottom, and where continued outwardly therefrom at d preferablymade to curve upwardly to join the partition d.

The letter C designates the chute or spout leading downwardly from the bottom of the distributing-chamber toward the track.

The letter P designates the paddle or carrier, having the downwardly and inwardly inclined top face 10 the flat bottom face 19 and the vertical end face 19 The letter R designates arod, one end of which connects at r with the vertical end face 19 of the paddle or carrier P,and at its other end r this rod R pivotally connects with the upper arm I of the lever L, which latteris arranged to fulcrum upon a pivot-pin Z passing through the ears E E, projected from the outer end of the distributing-chamber wall. Between where connecting with the paddle or carrier P and the lever L this rod R passes through the opening 0.

The letter C designates the car-platform, A the dashboard in part, and the letter F designates a part of the front end of the car, and B a part of the car-bottom.

The letter T designates a treadle-pin arranged to pass down through a guide D secured in the car-platform bottom, and at its lower end this pin pivotally connects with the arm a of the bell-crank lever V, which latter at o is pivoted to the hanger G and the letter N designates a rod or bar which at one of its ends 71 connects with the arm a of the bell-crank lever V, and at its other end this bar or rod connects at a with the arm Z of the lever L.

The letter S designates a spring which at one of its ends connects with the arm Z of the lever L and at its other end with the interior of the car-front F.

As thus constructed the apparatus thus described is operated as follows: lVhen the inotorneer desires to deposit sand upon the rails, he applies his foot to force downwardly the treadle-pin T, which by means of its connection with the bell-crank lever and the rod N with the lever L the paddle or carrier P is moved inwardly, so that its incline face 19 will underrun the sand in the hopper and. be moved to do so against the force of the spring S, and when this has been done and the motorneer ceases to press downwardly upon the pin T then the recoil force of the spring becomes active to draw outwardly the paddle or carrier, with its vertical end face forcing a measure of sand from within the hopper over the partition (1 of the distributing-chamber, from which the sand so moved will enter the chute or spout to fall through the latter to be deposited upon the rail beneath the bottom of the spout. It being the object of my invention to delivera limited measure of sand to the rails, the vertical face of the paddle as it is thus operated accomplishes such a re sult, and by beingconstrueted with the downwardly and inwardly inclined upper surface 17 the paddle or carrier is adapted to underrun the sand in the hopper when forced inwardly by the combined action of the treadlepin, the connection it makes with the bellcrank lever, and the connection the latter makes with the paddle or carrier by means of the lever L.

With the paddle or carrier constructed as herein shown and described in connection with the hopper the distributing-chamber and chute would perform the same function, whether operated by the mechanism herein shown or some other mechanism that would operate these combined parts in the same manner. Hence I do not limit my invention of these factors to the means which I have shown to actuate them.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat- Gilt, is

1. The combination with a hopper, of a dis tributing-chamber connecting with the latter, and provided with a cross-partition having less vertical depth than the chamber sides, and a spout conneetin g with the chamber-bottom; and a paddle or carrier provided with a vertical end face whereby when said paddle or carrier is moved laterally outwardly its vertical end face will force sand from the hopper to pass into the distributing-chamber and over the partition therein to fall into the spout, and descend upon the rails, substantially as, and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a sand-box for cars, the combination with a hopper adapted to contain sand, of a distributing-chamber arranged at the side of the hopper, and connecting therewith, said distributing-chamber being provided with a cross-partition, and having a spout connect ing with its bottom; and a paddle or carrier arranged to rest on the hopper-bottom, and

provided with a vertical end face, whereby as 5 said paddle or carrier is moved outwardly over the hopper-bottom, the vertical end face of the paddle or carrier will force a measure of sand to pass from out thehopper over said partition, and to descend through the spout to the rails, substantially as, and for the purposes set forth,

3. In a sand-box for cars the combination with a hopper adapted to contain sand, of a distributing-chamber arranged at the'side of the hopper and connecting therewith, said distributing-chamber being provided with a cross vertical partition having less vertical depth than the sides of the chamber, and being also provided with a spout connecting at its bottom; and a paddle or carrier arranged to rest on the hopper-bottom and having a downwardly and inwardly inclined top surface and a vertical outer end face, whereby as said paddle is moved outwardly it will at its vertical end face force a measure of sand to pass from the hopper into the distributingchamber, and over the partition therein to descend to the rails, and when said paddle or carrier is moved inwardly itwill underrun the sand on the hopper-bottom, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. The combination with the hopper II, of the chamber D, connecting with said hopper by the opening 0, and'having the partition (i the spout O; the paddle or carrier P, having the vertical end face 19 the pivoted lever L, having the arms Z, Z the rod R, connecting said paddle with the lever-arm Z, and the bar N, connecting said lever-arm Z with the arm a, of the bell-crank lever V; the treadle-pin 14th day of July, 1898, and in the presence T, pivotaiiy connecting with the arm a of of the two witnesses Whose names are hereto the bell-crank lever V, and the spring S, con- Written.

necting the lever-arm Z With the car-bottom, ALBERT W. HAM. 5 constructed and arranged to be operated sub- WVitnesses:

stantiallyas and for the purposes set forth. JAMES H. DAVIS,

Signed at the city of Troy, New York, this 1 IV. E. HAGAN. 

